Ergo Upgrade Option Hard drive 40 GB

Advantages: Quality Make, Size, Speed and price.
Disadvantages: Might want more than 40GB.

...This is a nice hard drive. If you have opened up more than a few computers in your time then you will have come across Maxtor. It is a great band with a proven history. The diamonand max plus for me is one of the best hard drives going. It is thin compared to other hard drives. If you are short of space in your case. It is fast with 7200rpm compared to the 5400rpm of other hard drives and with ATA of 133 as opposed to 100 this is quick. If you are upgrading from an old hard drive this could make a lot of difference to the speed of your computer. The price is competitive. It is quick to install. Just plug in the hard drive cable(IDE), the power cable. Switch your computer on and you should be away to go. If not go into your bios by hitting F2 or whatever other key is required to enter these settings on your computer. Find the auto detect... Read review

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Advantages: Mega Storage, Quiet, Fast
Disadvantages: Heats up quickly needing extra cooling, Price

...My computer will never be the same again! After installing it I could already notice a major difference. I upgraded from a 250gb WesternDigital to the 750 gb Seagate Barracuda. Product Specification: Type: - Internal Hard drive Form Factor: 3.5" x 1/3H Dimensions (WxDxH): 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm Weight: 0.7 kg Capacity: 750 GB Interface Type: ATA-100 Connector: 40 PIN IDC Data Transfer Rate: 100 MBps Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm Buffer Size: 16 MB PROS/CONS: Although most people wont need a hardrive this size to do the basics of any office applications or internet use. This hard drive is for the people who run network drives and do alot of video editing and the like. Just make sure you remove the jumper before you use it as this limits it to standard SATA speed and is fitted by default. The storage capacity is brilliant and access... Read review

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Advantages: Fast spindle speed, large buffer, high capacity, fast data speed
Disadvantages: May need SATA interface card

...difference was incredible. Going from a single 40gb drive setup with 2mb cache, i now had two 160gb drives in a Raid setup with 8mb of cache on each! The drives themselves are fairly silent in operation, no real clunking or high pitched whines. They dont get too hot, aroud 29c average. (but i have got them in coolermaster hard drive coolers). I have had problems in the past with Seagate and fujitsu drives, but have yet to have any problems with western digital. Although i have yet to do any benchmarks, i would say the upgrade was definately worth it - not only do i now have more space to fill, but its quicker too. Definately a recomended drive - even if you dont setup a raid configuration.... Read review

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